The Cecil Whig., 1887-11-26
PRESIDENTIAL TOURS.
Warrington, Monroe and jackson set CIeye-
land the Example.

lows in his dairy: Had converse
ton with Colonel Hamilton on tht
propriety of my making toul
through the Eastern States during
the recess of Congress to acquir,
knowledge of the face of the coun
try, the growth and agriculture
thereof, and the temper and dispo
sition of the inhabitants toward tn,
new Government, who thought it &:
very desirable plan and advised i
accordingly" On the following day
he writes: "Conversed with Genera
Knox, Secretary of War, on the
above tour, who also recommended
it accordingly" Two days later hi
notes that "Mr. Madison finds M
improperly in the trip to the east
ward, and that John Jay highly ap
proves the idea, and observes that ;
similar visit will be expected by the
Southern States
1t is in these lines that we find tn,
origin of Presidential tours. Wash
ington carried out the plan here in
dicated. His example has been fol
lowed by number of his successors
and it finds its counterpart in th'
Western journey of President Cleve
land this fall. President Washing
toms tours were, however, far differ
ent from those of the Executives O
the present generation. 1t was be
fore the days of the turnpike and the
railroad, and the four horse coacf
took the place of the special drawing
room car.
But President Washington had the
finest turnouts of his time. His
horses were blooded ones and hi:
English coach was the wonder O
New York. "It was, says Losing
"drawn by four spirited bay horses
governed by driver and position
both in livery, and accompanied by
outriders. The coach was of cream
color and was suspended on heavy
leather straps, resting upon iron
springs. The upper part, sides
front and rear we're furnished with
Venetian blinds and black leather
curtains. Upon the door Washing.
tons arms we're emblazoned anc
upon the panels upon each side o
the doors were designs emblemati,
of the four seasons, painted upor
copper on dark green ground by
the celebrated Italian artist, Cipri
ami"
The servants that accompanied
Washington on his drives while II
Philadelphia were white, and theil
livery was Of white cloth, trimmed
with scarlet or orange. During hi:
Presidential tours he travelled in hi:
best style, and the Presidential
procession, as it went through
the various States, was the won
der of the people. The Eastern
tour began on the 18TH of October
1880, and the Presidents equipage
was a chariot drawn by four spirited
bay horses, which had been raisec
at Mount Vernon. Mrs. Washing
ton would not accompany him
though Losing says he desired he
to do so; and he made his tri ps with
his private secretary, Tobias Lear
and his official secretary, Major VIII
liam Jackson, who rode beside tht
chariot on horseback. He had alsc
a retinue OF six servants, among
whom was his noted body-servant
Billie, of Revolutionary fame. HI
was escorted out of New York by
Chief Justice John Jay, Secretary O
the Treasury Alexander Hamilton
and Secretary of War Knox, who
rode on horseback as far as Rye, il
Westchester county.
The tour extended to Portsmouth
N. H., and Washington. The Presi
dent returned to New York on tn,
18th OF November, having been gone
nearly one month. During this toul
through the Southern States, which
he took two years later, he was re-
ceived everywhere with great dem
onstrations of respect and honor
Business was suspende /, bells were
rung and guns fired. There were
civic and military professions, ano
the President rode into the variou:
towns under triumphal arches, EN-
blazoned with notices eulogizing The
"Great Washington"
After Washington the next purely
Presidential tour was that of Mon
roe, whose reign was known as the
era of good feeling. In the summer
of 1917 he took a tour throughout
the North. He left Washington IL
June, and was conveyed up the Del
aware from Wilmington in gor'
geous barge. which was lined with
crimson velvet and which was rowec
by sixteen oarsmen dressed in scar
let vests, white sleeves and white
trousers. Monroe was a great stick
Ter for dress, and it was he, | think
who turned one of his relatives away
from a White House reception be-
cause he wore a garment not suitable
for the occasion. AT this time he
wore dark blue coat, buff -coloreC
breeches of doeskin and top boots
with a military cooked hat of the
fashion of the Revolution, and a
black ribbon cockade. He was